Oct. 18
Booze, Bands and BBQ
Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St.
7 p.m., $15, fsmomaha.com
There’s nothing quite like the spicy glaze of a slow-cooked, pulled-pork sandwich, shredded and packed onto an oversized bun. Throw on some tangy coleslaw and you have yourself some sweet fixins, which is exactly what regional BBQ’ers are offering tonight at the Waiting Room. The cover includes all you can eat BBQ from vendors...

Oct. 17
Carrie Underwood w/ Billy Currington and Sons of Sylvia
Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St.
7:30 p.m., $35.50-$55.50
qwestcenteromaha.com
Maybe it’s because I grew up listening to the Rebas of 1980s country music on the radio of my mom’s beat-up, blue Mustang, but I have a soft spot for Carrie Underwood. Originally I negatively snap-judged Underwood, after she flew up the fame ladder winning season four of...

Oct. 16
9500 Liberty
Film Streams, 1340 Mike Fahey St.
Noon, Q & A w/co-director Eric Byler follows
$9, $7 seniors/students
933.0259, filmstreams.org
When filmmakers Eric Byler and Annabel Park noted the place where they live, Prince William County, Virginia, turning into ground zero for anti-immigration forces, they knew a good story when they saw it. As the drama unfolded, they captured events with their digital...

Oct. 15 and 17
Opera for the Cure
Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St.
Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.
$19-79, 345.0606, operaomaha.org
Cancer is the bogeyman of diseases. While a night or afternoon of music cannot truly ward off the terror, it can do the next best thing by raising money for research to find a cure. That’s the backdrop for a concert whose score and libretto tell the story of one woman’s journey with...

Oct. 15
Boston Brass and Imani Winds
Holland Performing Arts Center
1200 Douglas St.
8 p.m., $19-$49, 345.0606
omahaperformingarts.org
These classical ensembles join forces for a Friday night of exploring the magnificent Miles Davis and Gil Evans collaboration Sketches of Spain. The Boston Brass brings a quarter-century of experience to the stage with the New York-based Imani Winds claiming a history a little more...